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It all began with Black Friday a massacre on Sept 8 1978 by the Shahs police Official pronouncements put the death toll at 200 but the next day the people of Teheran witnessed how thousands of bodies were brought to Behast Zahra cemetery Yet even this wasnt the whole extent of the tragedy As the families continued looking for their relatives they began to realize just how many had disappeared Over the next few months the massacres continued with many thousands more disappearing until February 11th 1979 victory day for the Revolution Naderis film follows this search for the missing through which the terrible truth is gradually revealed The film is not only a documentary but also a document of a horrible crime